The new course, "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender and Media," will begin this summer and will be "using Miley as a lens through which to explore sociological thinking about identity, entertainment, media, and fame."

"Unfortunately, the way we talk about female pop stars and female bodies, class matters, gender matters, sexuality, and sexual performance matters, but race matters a lot [too] and the way we talk about white pop stars is quite different than how we talk about the bodies of women of color," Chernoff told ABC News. "[Cyrus] complicates representations of the female body in pop culture in some ways that are good, bad, and ugly."

Layla Lakos, a junior at Skidmore College, said she's believes a course on Cyrus could actually be beneficial.

"You can study a lot of things based on Miley," she told The Saratogian. "She represents how transient wealth and fame can be, and shows how possible it is to change your image."

Chernoff said she would be open to having Cyrus come speak to her class, if the 21-year-old singer was interested.